διάκονος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • δῐήκονος (diḗkonos) — Ionic
  • δῐᾱ́κων (diā́kōn) — later

Etymology

δῐᾰ- (dia-) + Proto-Indo-European *kón-os, from *ken- (“to set oneself in motion”). The length of the ᾱ (ā) is explained by Brugmann and Boisacq as by analogy to long vowels that occurred in compounds where the second element started with a vowel.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῐᾱ́κονος • (diā́konos) m or f (genitive δῐᾱκόνου); second declension

  1. messenger, courier
  2. servant
  3. (biblical) minister, deacon, deaconess (female deacon)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δῐᾱ́κονος; τοῦ δῐᾱκόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ δῐᾱ́κονος
ho diā́konos		 τὼ δῐᾱκόνω
tṑ diākónō		 οἱ δῐᾱ́κονοι
hoi diā́konoi
Genitive τοῦ δῐᾱκόνου
toû diākónou		 τοῖν δῐᾱκόνοιν
toîn diākónoin		 τῶν δῐᾱκόνων
tôn diākónōn
Dative τῷ δῐᾱκόνῳ
tôi diākónōi		 τοῖν δῐᾱκόνοιν
toîn diākónoin		 τοῖς δῐᾱκόνοις
toîs diākónois
Accusative τὸν δῐᾱ́κονον
tòn diā́konon		 τὼ δῐᾱκόνω
tṑ diākónō		 τοὺς δῐᾱκόνους
toùs diākónous
Vocative δῐᾱ́κονε
diā́kone		 δῐᾱκόνω
diākónō		 δῐᾱ́κονοι
diā́konoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: διάκονος (diákonos), διάκος (diákos)
  • Mariupol Greek: дъя́кос (ðjákos)
  • → Albanian: dhjak
  • → Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲱⲛ (diakōn)
  • → Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 (diakaunus)
  • → Latin: diaconus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Middle Armenian: դիակոն (diakon)
  • → Old Georgian: დიაკონი (diaḳoni)
  • → Romanian: diacon
  • → Russian: дьякон (dʹjakon), дьяк (dʹjak)
  • → Ukrainian: диякон (dyjakon), дяк (djak)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek διάκονος (diákonos)

Noun

διάκονος • (diákonos) m (plural διάκονοι, feminine διακόνισσα)

  1. (chistianity) deacon

Declension
declension of διάκονος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative διάκονος • διάκονοι •
genitive διάκονου •,  διακόνου • διάκονων •,  διακόνων •
accusative διάκονο • διάκονους •,  διακόνους •
vocative διάκονε • διάκονοι •
Second forms are formal. 

Further reading
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